Still Advocating
Writings of a retired educator, advocate, & baby boomer

Despite efforts to make people’s perception of pain quantifiable or more objective (think all of those pain scale ratings, zero being no...

2013 — Just retired and on a trip When I was 65, I stepped down from being Executive Director of Cherry Preschool to mentor the new...

“You can’t understand someone until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.” — American saying, author unknown Part of aging is the physical...

Published in ChicagoNow, June 18, 2019 Today Sir Paul turns 77. Yikes! I still remember, as if it were yesterday (pardon the pun) the...

Published in ChicagoNow, June 13, 2019 My father was a huge fan of Jeopardy. He had an extraordinary memory for certain categories:...

Photo by Martin Beek Published in ChicagoNow, May 24, 2016 It’s hard to believe that the man who wrote “Forever Young” is not. In fact,...

Maybe to sleep like a baby I need to sleep with one? Posted in ChicagoNow, February 29, 2016 When I was still working, a colleague and I...

The perfect gift – A Memory Book Published in ChicagoNow, September 8, 2015 I was really anxious about turning the “Big 7-0” on Labor...

Published in ChicagoNow, December 2, 2013 (Cartoon by Marcia Liss) She is closing in on her 75th birthday and still hosting holiday...